The Old Saddler is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. Commercial, residential. 1 related planning application.

The Old Saddler

WRENN ID
dusk-baluster-sienna
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 January 1956
Type
Commercial, residential
Address
The Old Saddler, 1, Duck Street, Cerne Abbas, DT2 7LA
OS grid reference
ST 664 011
Coordinates
50.80881, -2.47731
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Saddler is a former saddler's shop that has been converted into shop premises and a house. It dates from the early 19th century and underwent extensive alterations to an earlier structure. The building features rubble-stone walls that are rendered and painted, with slate roofs and a renewed brick stack located behind the ridge. It stands three storeys tall, with two windows facing Long Street and three windows on Duck Street, primarily consisting of 19th-century sashes with thin glazing bars. There is one blocked window on the first floor of Duck Street.

Notable architectural details include early 19th-century segmental box windows flanking the corner entrance, each with 44 panes (11 by 4) and wooden cills supported on wooden corbels. A continuous cornice projects forward over the door. On the first floor facing Long Street, there is a segmental bow window with plain pilasters and square imposts. The corner entrance has a two-leaf front door that is flush-panelled with marginal glazing bars above, dating from the 19th century. Additionally, there is a second door on Duck Street that is from the 20th century.

Local climate

The Old Saddler receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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